•  Children make up 21% of the population and up to 75% of all sexual assault victims.

•  There are an average of 15,000 confirmed cases of sexual abuse per year in Canada.

•  There are an average of 48 stranger abductions per year in Canada.

•  11 children were abducted by strangers in 2003 in British Columbia.

•  Half of Canadian women (51%) have been victims of at least one act of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16. Of all victims of crimes against the person in 2000, females made up the vast majority of victims of sexual assaults (86%), criminal harassment (78%) and kidnapping/hostage-taking or abduction (67%). 

•  Women are much more likely to be victimized by someone they know than by a stranger. In 2000, 77% of all female victims were victimized by someone they know (37% by a close friend or an acquaintance, 29% by a current or past partner, 11% by other family members - including parents) while 19% were victimized by a stranger. 

(http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/dec6/facts_e.html)